PETER DUBENS FAMILY FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1187030 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PETER DUBENS FOUNDATION

charitable activities in the areas of education, marine conservation, children, and health. The charity does not accept requests for unsolicited donations as it chooses charities to partner with.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE PETER DUBENS FOUNDATION ARE TO ADVANCE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES (ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES) AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Kensington and Chelsea, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£1.3m
Latest spending
£1.5m
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased from £553,033 to £317,246 due to charitable expenditure exceeding incoming donations. The Trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern, supported by committed donations from key donors. The charity operates with no paid employees and minimal ongoing costs, adhering to a reserves policy target of one year's running costs.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% of income)
“All donations received during the period were from the charity trustee, Peter Dubens.” — page 26
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: one year's worth of running costs (reserves figure: £317k)
“The Trustees have set the target level of unrestricted reserves to be a minimum of one year's worth of running costs.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 30/11/2020 (received 12/10/2021, 12 days after the 30/09/2021 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£1.3m
Total spending
£1.5m
Reserves (reported)
£317k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~2.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.3m£1.5m
31/03/2024£745k£447k
31/03/2023£999k£689k
30/11/2021£501k£536k
30/11/2020£11k£13k

Common questions

Is PETER DUBENS FAMILY FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased from £553,033 to £317,246 due to charitable expenditure exceeding incoming donations. The Trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern, supported by committed donations from key donors. The charity operates with no paid employees and minimal ongoing costs, adhering to a reserves policy target of one year's running costs. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
TARA GETTY FOUNDATION1£166k
UNSEEN (UK)1£5k
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY GREAT BRITAIN1£4k
WATER FOR KIDS1£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE DU PLESSIS FAMILY FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
PETER DUBENS FAMILY FOUNDATION£1.3m—0above—no doubt
THE DU PLESSIS FAMILY FOUNDATION FY2025£100k—0unclear—no doubt
DUNN FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£58k—0unclear—no doubt
OCEAN FAMILY FOUNDATION FY2025£329k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ATHERTON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£99k—0above—no doubt
FORD FAMILY FOUNDATION FY2024£167k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.